Link cuff-button.



PATENTED APR. 18 1905.

G. F. KING.

LINK CUFF BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED APR.12,1904.

UNITED STATES Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LINK CUFF-BUTTON.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,455, dated April18, 1905.

Application filed April 12, 1904. gerial No. 202,725.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KING, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements in Link Cufi-Buttons, of which t efollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in link cuff-buttons, and thepurpose of my invention is to provide a link cuff-button that combinessimplicity of construction with facility and security of adjustment. Iaccomplish these objects by the device shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a side view, one member being shown insection; Figs. 2 and 3, perspectiveviews of the two elements or memberscomposlng the button, and Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of amodification of my invention.

In Fig. 1, A represents the ornamental front of one member of thebutton, and B the ornamental front of the other member. a is the postfixed to A. This post is provided with a perforation c Communicatingwith this perforation c and extending to the eX- tremity (v of the postis the slot a which is a little narrower than the diameter of a The posta at the extremity farthest from the front A terminates in a species ofsocketjoint a", with which socket-joint the slot a communicates.

The member B is provided with a post of any suitable form terminating onits inner end in the ball I). The relative size of b and the perforationa are such that b readily passes through the same, and the postconnecting b with B is of such size as to slide easily in the slot a Inuse the separate members A and B are inserted into the eyelets of thecuff. The extremity b of B is inserted into the hole a as shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1, and then drawn into the socket a, by means ofthe slot a The member B cannot then be readily separated from A, anddisengagement can only be accomplished by bringing the post of B to aposition approximately at right angles to a, as shown in the dottedlines in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a modification of my invention, differing only in detail fromthat shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4 the post 01, is tubular and has the perforation (1 the slot aand the socketjoint a. B in Fig. 4 is provided with a post ending withthe ball I), the post contiguous to I) being reduced in diameter, asshown, to facilitate its insertion into the perforation c and the socketa and to insure its retention in the latter. I

It is clear that instead of the ball I) a crossbar of suitable form andsize would Work equally well with a slight modification of the shape ofthe perforation a and the retainingsocket a Having now described myinvention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A link cuff-button composed of separable members one carrying a posthaving a longitudinally-disposed slot with a perforation at one end anda socket at the other end, the bearing-surface of the socket being at anangle to the sides of the post, the other member carrying a post havingan enlarged extremity adapted to pass through the perforation in saidfirst-named post and to lodge in said socket and having universalmovement in the socket.

2. A link cuff-button composed of separable members, one carrying arearwardly-projecting rigid post having a longitudinallydisposed slotwith a perforation at one end and a socket at the other, the othermember carryin a rearwardly-projecting rigid post with a all on the end,said ball being capable of entering the perforation and of lodging inthe socket and having universal movement in the latter.

3. A link cuff-button composed of separable sections, one carrying atubular post with a slot on one side, said slot communicating at itsinner end with a perforation and at its Signed at Pawtucket, RhodeIsland, this outer end with a socket in the end of the post, I 8th dayof April, 1904. r and a second member carrying a post With anenlargement on its end, said enlargement be- CHARLES KING ing adapted topass through the said perfo- Witnesses: ration into the tubular post andto lodge in JAMEs L. harms,

the socket. MARGARETA KING.

